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UNITED STATES 1 1,580,642 PATENT. OFFICE.-

d'OHN BINDER, OF NEW HYDE PARK NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO NEWBROCESS CORK COMPANY, INC., OFZBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A'CORPORA:

TION OF, NEW YORK.

Macrame FORVMANUFACTURING'BOTTLE CLOSURES.

Application filed February To all-whom it may concern: I "Be itknown that I, JonN BINDER, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of New Hyde Park, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented oer-- t-ain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Manufacturlng Bottle Closures,

of Which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a machine for the manufacture of closures for bottles or like receptacles, and more particularly it pertains to a machine for making closures of j the cap variety, including those termed crown corks. Closures of this type consist of a metallic cap or crown,to be locked to theexterior of the neck of the bottle or other container, and of a seal-ing disk or packing of cork or" the like, which is united by theaid of a suitable cementing medium with the .cap or crown. The main object of the present 1nvent1on is to provide a simple and eflicient means for .fe-eding'the metallic caps or crowns to' the assembling. mechanism of the machine.

Another object of the invention is to con- 'struct a mechanismiwhereby the feeding of sealing disks is-preve nted'to theassembling mechanism whenever a cap or crown has not been previously placed thereonto.

A further object 'ofthe invention is to producea simple and e'flicie'nt mechanism for ejecting the finished product fromv the machine.

Astill further object-of'the invention is to provide the machine with a carrier, onto whieh the finished product is ejected mechanism above referred to.

"With these and other objects in view,

by the .Which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention" is better understood, the

' same consists in' the combination, arrange- .ment and'const-ruction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made inthesize and proportion of the several parts and details of conclaims, without departi g from the spirit or sacrificing any of I struction within the sclojp'e of the appended advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the" invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch:'

19, 1925. Serial N'o. 1o,314.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improved machine; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a front elevation, on a larger scale, of the heat and pressure applyng drum of the'machine, showing the same in operative relation to other elements; Fig. 4 IS a rear elevation, on a larger scale, of the mechanism for feeding'themetallic caps or crownsto the assembling mechanism of the machine; Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view, on -a larger scale, of the means or preventing feeding of seal ing disks to the assembling mechanism whenever a metallic cap or rown has notbeen previously placed there nto; Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a front elevation, ona larger scale, of a portion of ,the heating and pressure applying drum and the ejecting mechanism co-operating therewith; Fig. 9 is'a top elevation of the detail shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a top 'elevatiomion a larger scale, of one of the elements of: the assembling mechanism; Fig. 11 1s a section taken on line 11-11 of-Fig. 10

12 is a section taken on line 1'2-12v of a Fig. 3, on a larger scale; Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the mechanism for imparting step by step rotary movement to an element of the assemblingmechanism of the machine; and Fig. 14 is a top elevation thereof.

'The machine herein described is of the type of the one disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,381,055, granted to me on June 7, 1921. This machineuses a liquid or viscous cementing material, which is caused to coagulate by heat. Themachine comprises a frame 10, including a horizontal table por-' annular portion 11'- of the table 11 and the I 'section'1'5 overlying the same. In. the por tions 14 and 15 of the transporting wheel are formed eqnidistantly spaced recesses. 16

and 17, respectively, the recesses 16 re 'g'istering with the recesses 17. To the rece'sseslG are fed the metalliccaps of the closuresinrtheir invertedpositions in a manner hereinafter to be described. The transporting wheel is intermittently rotatedinthe-direc;

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' tending a pin 32, the latter tion of the arrow shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings from a main driving shaft 18. This shaft is journaled in bearings 19 on the frame 10, and has keyed or otherwise attached to it a gear 20, in mesh with a pinion, not shown, of a motor, or the said driving shaft may be driven in any other suitable manner by any suitable source of power. The connection between the shafts 1S and 12 may be of any suitable type, for instance there may be fixed to the shaft 18 anoblique toothed gear 2l, in mesh with a similar gear 22 on a shaft 23, the latter being journaled in bearings 24 and carrying a .disk 25. This disk is provided with a pin 26, adapted to coact with radially extending peripheral recesses 27 in a disk 28, the latter being attached to the shaft 12, (Figs. 13' and 14), and serves to convert the continuous rotary motion of the shaft 23 into intermittent motion of the shaft 12. Since this mechanism does not form part of the present invention, afurther detailed description of the same seems to be unnecessai The metallic caps are passed .to the recesses '16 in the transporting wheel 13 through a charging chute 29, leading to the inner periphery of the ring-shaped table portion 11 (Figs. 4 and 5). The mechanism which takes hold of the caps, as they issue from the chute 29 and conveys the same to the transporting wheel, includes a finger 30 which is provided at its inner end with a slot 31, through thesaid slot exbeing carried by a slide 33. This slide is reciprocab-ly arranged in guides 34 on the table portion 11. On an upwardly projecting lug 35 of the finger 30 is mounted a pin 36, seated in a slot 36' of a bell-crank lever 37, the latter being fulcrumed at 38 to a standard 39 on the table portion 1].. The otherarm of the said bell-crank lever is providedwith a slot 40, into which is extended a pin 41 of an arm 42, that is fixed to a bracket 43,-having a downwardly projecting ventical extension 44. This extension is vertically slidable on the frame 10 and connectedto a rod 45, the other end of which is fixed in the usual manner to the strap 46 of an eccentric 47, the latter being keyed to thedriving shaft 18. The eccentric 47 and the driving m chanism 25, 26,27 and 28 are so timed that, during the downward stroke of the bracket 43, the transporting wheel 13 is at rest, and a closure cap held in registering position at the outlet of the chute 29 with one of the recesses 16in the said transporting wheel., The finger 30 is provided with a downwardly projecting lug 48 upon itsouter end. This finger is adapted to move in a slot 49 in the annular section 11 of the table 11 of tl 1e*,frame, and this finger is adapted to en-' gagea closure cap when the same arrives at the outlet of thethute 29. a shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the slide 33 and finger 30 are in their inner positions, the finger having just transported a closure cap from the chute to one of the recesses in the transporting wheel 13. In these positions of the elements mentioned the bracket 43 is in its lowermost position. lVhen thereafter the said bracket is raised by the eccentric 47 and the elements co-operating therewith, the bell-crank lever 37 swings in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, whereby the finger 30 is caused to swing on the pin 32 upwards and thereafter with the lug 48 on the finger .30 is thus brought into alignment with a closure cap at the outlet of the chute 29. In the meantime the trans porting wheel 13 moves through an annular distance eorresponding'to the distance between two recesses 16 therein, thereby bringing the next recess in the series in alignment with the outlet of the chute 29.- When the transporting wheel. comes to a stop, on the downwardst-roke of the bracket 43 the lug 48 is engaged with a closure cap at the outlet of the chute 29, the said cap being carried into a recess 16 as the finger 30 moves toward the transporting wheel.

The closure'caps are transported, step by step, by the transporting wheel in the direction of the arrow shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings, and are brought, one after the other, into registering position withthe means which. introduces into the same the cementing material. This means comprises a receptacle 50, communicating through a pipe 50' with a valve casing 51. The receptacle 50, pipe 50 and' valve casing 51 are carried by the bracket 43. Within the valve casing 50is disposed a valve, not shown, it being fullydisclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,249,714. To this valve is attached a pin 52, that projects below'the valve casing a'nd extends through the discharge opening in the latter. On the downward stroke of the bracket 43, the pin 52 projects through an opening 52 in the table portion 11 and is caused to bear against the inner face of a closure cap, whereby the valve is lifted from its seat and the desired amount of liquid cementing medium is introduced into the cap. Upon the upward stroke of the bracket 43, the valve is seated by means not shown.

The cementing material having been in-. "troduced into the cap, the latteris transported to means which spreads the cementing materialover the entire surface of the cap. This means comprises, in the case illustrated in the drawings, a spring-pressed spindle 53, which is slidably mounted on an extension, 43 of the bracket- 43. To the lower-end of this spindle is attached a block 54, for instance of felt. "The reciprocating bracket 43, on its downward movement,

slide 33 outwards. The

, nism comprises a container 64, provided of the drawings.

brings the block 54 through an openin 54' be, described through ahole 69in the in the table portion 11 into contact wit' the portion 11" into a metallic cap when the inner face of the capand spreads the'liquid latter is brought to rest in alinement with cementing material over the entire inner the said hole. At its upper end this spindle face of the head thereof. On the-upward 15 provided with ahead 70, that is adapted movement of the bracket, the block 54 leaves to bear against the" bracket 67. Intermedithe cap. I ate its ends, the spindle is provided with a After the cementing material has been stop 71 for a purpose hereinafter to be despread, the cap is transported to an assemscrlbed. Through'the bracket extends furbling plunger 55, that is attached to .a thermore slidably a vertical spindle 7 2, hav

bracket 56, having a downwardly projecting. ing'at its upperend a head 7 3. Between this vertical extension 57 slidably mounted in head and the bracket is interposed a spring the frame 10 and connected by a rod 58 with 74:, which has a tendency to raise the spindle ing disks are stacked in a vertical tube 61, Abovethetransporting wheel is mounted a which is supported by a bracket-62 on the blade 77 on a lever 78, the latter having .table portion 11. These disks are fcd'by a vertical pivot pin 79' extending through gravity into the recesses 17 in the upper a bracket 80. This bracket is fixed to the portion 15 of the'transporting' wheel and are table port1on 11 of the machine. The-blade brought, one after the other, into alinement 77 is of a thickness that it fits between the the strap 59 of an eccentric 60, the latter be- 72.. With the heads 70 and 73 co-operates a 3 ing fixed to the driving shaft 18. The seallever 7 5, fulcrumed at 76 to the bracket 67.

with the assembling plunger 55, which, in outlet of the cork tube 61 and .the transits downward movement, forces a sealing portlng wheel13, the said tubetcrmina-ting disk through a hole 63 in the table portion a distance above the said transporting wheel,

11' into the metallic cap on top ofthe cementas clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. ing material therein. Obviously, the'eecenh l v78 s p o d d t i s nner end trio 60 must be so timed in relation' to the Wlth a P ject o 82, eh is adap ed driving mechanisms 25, 26, 27 and 28 that to co-operate a plurality of equidistantly the plunger moves downwards while the mi P the porting Wheel13.

transporting wheel 13 is at rest and holds T the lev l 78 is attaehedby a horizontal a cap in alinement with the said plunger. p v t 84 a lever '85. The outer end of this From this plunger the assembled closures -m ntwned IBVGIAIS disposed mthepath a're'fed, one after the other, toa mechanismf he Stop 71 on the spindle 68, and thQ'iIlby which a predetermined quantity of parafner portion 86 of the said lever 1n the path fin or similar material s applied to the exf the W -1 2, when. the Said v r iS posed face of the sealing disk. This mediain the position shown'in fulllines in Fig. 6 When the outer end of with' a, valve mechanism 65 of the type 13- the lever is in the position SliOWJl 'full scribed in connection with the cementing l1nes.- iI 1'Fig. 7 of -the drawings, it is dismaterial applying device above referred to, posed 111 h pa h of a plurality of eq r bracket 56 moves downwards the in 65' of W l 13- the valve mechanism 65 is lowere through Let us assume V .a hole 66 in the table portion 11 into conthe positions shown lll lfllll hnes-in Fig. .6 tact with a closure, whereby the valve is of the drawings, in which the-blade 7.7 3

a the arrangement being such that when the dista y Spe dpins 87 on the transporting that the elements are in unseated and a predetermined quantity of w t drawn from th cork tube 61 In this I paraflin or like material is deposited ontop a' e a ece s 1 1 t po g of the assembled closure. It is obvious W eel arrives below. the saidcork'tHhB B that the container 64 must be heated in order ost f th packing disks drops into to keep the paraffin in liquid state. This he i rec s 11 p 9f ejtable portion heating means has not been shown as it does 11'; and is carried by. the transporting wheel not form part of the present invention. to the hole 63 in the table portion, to be With. th t b 61 t a d a forced by the plunger 55 into a closure cap nism which prevents feeding of asealing disk h l l w he Ql The P 1 d of into a recess 17 in the upper portion 15 of the lever 85 is then in its raised position the transporting wheel when the recess 16 h l dfmled lines in g- 7 0f h m that- 1s to say -out of-thepath of the.

87, andthe extension 82.offthe lever in the lower portion of the said transporting lligs, wheel in front of the last mentioned recess; D 17 does not contain a metallic cap. This 78 1s also disposed outside of. the .path of ,mechanism is illus'trated in detail in Figs. 6 theip 3- If new a recess'16 in the 7 and 7 of the drawings and comprisesfia porting'wheels arrives empty below the hole bracket 67, fixed toithe bracket 56 above re-f 69 in'ithe table portion 11', the spindle 68' is ferred" to. Through'the bracket 67 extends permitted, on the downward stroke of the slidably a vertical spindle 68, whichis adaptbracket 67, .to extend so far through the reed to be loweredin'a manner hereinafterto cesses 16 and 17 in the :transportig wheel,

j the outlet of the cork 7 next recess 17, in the series,

. outlet of the cork tube an in alignment with the hole 69, that the stop 7l-shifts the lever 85 around its pivot pin 84 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 7 of the drawings, in which the said lever is disposed in the path of the pin 87 immediately in rear of it. At the next movement of the transporting wheel the lastmentioned pin 87 shifts the lever 85and the lever 78 on the pivot pin 79 into the dotted position shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, in which the blade 77 is interposed between tube 61 and the transporting wheel. Therefore, at the next partial rotation of the transporting wheel a packing disk is prevented from entering the in the transporting wheel, so that the same will arrive empty at the hole 63 in the table portion 11 at the time the empty recess 16 in the transporting wheel-registers with the' said hole. When the blade 77 is inter osed between'the d the transporting wheel, the extension 82 of the lever 78 is disposed in-the path of the pins 83, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The transporting wheel. will, therefore, at its next partial rotation return the elements into the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the lever 85 being swung into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7 of the drawings by the spring-pressed spindle 72. Whenever a closure cap is contained in ,a recess 16 in alignment with the hole 69 in the table portion, the spindle 68 cannot extend far enough through the said hole so as to bring the stop 71 into the action upon the lever- 85. The elements, therefore, i remain in the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings. A packing disk is thus permitted to enter a recess 17 in the transporting wheel when it is in alignment with the tube 61. The spring 74 'on the spindle 72 serves to cause, by the intermediary of the'lever- 7 5, a downward movement of-the spindle 68 so as to bring the head of the latter in abutment with the bracket 67 on the downward moyement of the brack- The assembled crowns-are brought, in a manner hereinafter to be described, onto a heatingand uniting drum 88. "This drum is mounteda slight distance below the transfi 'porting wheel,1'3, itbeing attached to a hori'zontally extending shaft 89, which is suitably journaled in'b'earings on the frame v 10. This shaft is continuously driven from the main driving'shaft, and for this purpose the latter is provided, foninstance, with a worm 90, meshing wit:

of radially extending ribs 92, whereby a plu 93 is" formed inrality of curved passages the drum,;the sa1dpassages registering, as

the dWm; f-9W th an i clin p g 94 in the table portion 11, and receiving thus, one after the other, assembled crowns from the passage 94, the crowns being discharged from the transporting wheel 13 into the passage 94. The crowns are arrested in their downward motion in the passage 93 by a stationary arc-shaped platform 95. Springpressed plungers 96 are slidably arranged in the drum in alignment with the passages 93, said plungers being disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft 89 and carrying lugs 97, which are adapted to coact with a cam 98, the latter being attached to the table portion 11. Upon each plunger is coiled a spring 99, having a tendency to force the same into the respective passage 93. The cam 98 is disposed in the path of the lugs 97 on the plungers, whereby, as the drum rotates, the plungers are .forced, against the action of their springs, out of the passages 93, before they arrive opposite the passage 94. VVhena passage 93 arrives at this point, an assembled crown cork .slides into the same and rests upon the platform 95. When the 1(ugs of a plunger are disengaged from the cam, the respective spring forces the plunger against the respective crown cork, thereby placing the crown cork under compression and holding the same in this position until theclosure makes nearly a complete revolution around the shaft 89, that is to say, until the plunger again arrives at the cam 98 and is disengaged from the closure. When this occurs, the cloa horizontally dis .the platform 95 onto posed disk 101.

l/Vhile the closures the drum and held under pressure, their cementing material is coagulated or set by suitable heating'means. Forv this purpose a suitable fluid, for instance steam, is ad mitted into an annular channel 102 in the drum. The temperature of the fluid is maintained at a point sufficient to coagulate or set the cementing material within the assembled closures. in a firm union between the parts of the closures. It is to be noted that, inasmuch as the plungers 96 are hot, the paraffine or similar material, which has been applied to the exposed faces of the packing disks, is spread eover the exposed faces of the disks while the closures are held under compression on the drum; l

The disk 101 is fixed to a spindle 103, journaled in a.bearing 104, the latter being. attached to a bridge member 105 on the machine frame. The disk 101 is continuously rotated, for instance, from the driving shaft 18. -For-this purpose there is fixed to the latter a sprocket Wheel-106, in alignment with a sprocket wheel 107 on a shaft 108. The shaft 108 is journaled in bearings 109 on the bridge 105. Over the sprocket wheels are being carried by The coagulation results while on the said conveyor by the attendant of the machine.

It happens sometimes that the closures, while they are carried by the drum, adhere to thc'latter, so that, when they arrive opposite the passage 100, they do not slide 'into the same. In order to cause a disengagement of the closures from the drum, an ejecting mechanism is provided. This mecha-- nism comprises a star wheel 114 (Figs. -8 and 9), mounted upon a spindle 115, the latter being journaled ina bearing 116, attached to th'e table portion 11. The arms of this star wheel, in their rotation, are projected into the passages 93 in the drum and eject the finished closures from the said passages. The star wheel is actuated in unison with the drum by the latter. For this purpose there are attached to the hub 117 of the star wheel a plurality of radial lugs 118,

which are adapted to mesh with equidistantly disposed notches 1. 9 in the drum. As the drum is rotated, the notches 119 in mesh with the lugs 118 impart rotary movement to the star wheel 114, causing its arms to project into the passages 93in the drum and thereby eject the finished closures from the said passages. V

That I ciaim is 1. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with an intermlttently moving cap transporting mechanism, o'fa chute for the caps in operative relation thereto, a reciprocable member, a slide, a finger pivoted to said slide, and a bell-crank lever in en gagement with said finger and said r'eciprocable member. for causing said finger to convey a cap from said chute, to said trans-- porting mechanism during each period of rest ,of the latter.

2. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the come bination with an intermittently moving cap transporting mechanism having a lurality of equidistantly spaced recesses, eac adapt- .ed to receive a cap, a stationary tube containing sealing disks adapted to be deposited into'said caps, a bladeomovable on a vertical pivot capable of being interposed between the outlet of said tube and said transporting mechanism, a reciprocable member, springpressed means on said reciprocable member adapted to enter the notches in said transporting mechanism when the latter is at rest, a lever movable on a horizontal pivot on said blade, two sets of equidistantly spaced pins on said transporting mechanism, one Set adapted to co-operate with said lever and the other set with said blade, and means on said spring-pressedmechanism for bringing said lever in the path of the pins co-operating therewith when said spring-pressed mechanism moves into a notch in said transporting mechanism not containing a cap, whereby said blade is interposed between the said tube and said transportin mechanism during the next movement of the latter, said blade mechanism being thereby brought into the path of the pins co-operating therewith, said last-mentioned pins shifting said blade mechanism and said lever away from said tube during the next movement of said transporting mechanism.

In" a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the. cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum having radial passages adapted to receive closures, a star wheel having arms adapted to beprojectedinto said passages to disengage the closures therefrom, said drum being provided with a plurality of equidistantly disposed notches, and lugs on said star wheel adapted to mesh with said notches, whereby said star wheel isrotated in the rotation of said drum.

Signed at New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 20th day of January,=A. 1925.

J HN BINDER. 

